Rekha Kumar, MD, MS is a practicing endocrinologist, obesity medicine specialist, and the chief medical officer of Found, an evidence-based weight care platform. She also served as the former medical director of the American Board of Obesity Medicine and has authored papers and textbook chapters on the medical management of obesity.
How we discuss overweight and obese diagnoses and how we treat those patients is slowly starting to improve. However, there’s still a lot of work to be done – in how we manufacture, market, and manage life-changing weight care medications, as well as how we expand access and improve adherence to them.
While the attention GLP-1s are receiving is exciting for medical professionals like me who've specialized in obesity treatment for decades, with little fanfare, the ‘miracle drug’ message is misleading and harmful.
Munck Wilson Mandala Partner Greg Howison shared his perspective on some of the legal ramifications around AI, IP, connected devices and the data they generate, in response to emailed questions.